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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

“Public Support for the Supreme Court Through the Lens of Political Science”: Jake S. Truscott has this post at the “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roe v. Wade Is Gone, but Abortions Are On the Rise; New abortion bans have done little to reduce frequency of the procedure, new data show”: Laura Kusisto and Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Green nominates judge, private lawyer to Hawaii Supreme Court”: Dan Nakaso of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has this report.

And Chad Blair of Honolulu Civil Beat reports that “Green Nominates Ginoza, Devens To Hawaii Supreme Court; The governor said he looked beyond race and gender to consider background and experience.”

Yesterday, the Office of the Governor of Hawaii issued a news release titled “Gov. Green Announces Nominees for Two Judicial Vacancies.” And video from a related news conference can be accessed here.

Posted at 11:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Daniel D. McCaffery belongs on the Pa. Supreme Court; The Democrat and his Republican opponent, Carolyn Carluccio, are both experienced jurists, but questions around abortion and the 2020 election give McCaffery the edge”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has published this editorial.

Posted at 11:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court confronts its own failure in an appalling case about guns; The justices are seriously considering whether domestic abusers have a right to own a gun”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 11:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Georgia Supreme Court allows abortion law to stay on the books; Case now heads back to Fulton Superior Court judge to rule on constitutionality of the law”: Maya T. Prabhu of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

And Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “Georgia Supreme Court sends abortion law challenge back to lower court, leaving access unchanged.”

You can access today’s 6-to-1 ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ex-Supreme Court Clerks Find Big Money Opportunities in Litigation Finance; ‘This is a fascinating and really fun field,’ said former clerk Travis Lenkner”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 11:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘Can you be fair?’ Jury selection begins in Charlie Adelson murder trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman